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LOT 0475
Romano-Egyptian Bronze Crouching Frog Statuette
ROMAN PERIOD, 30 B.C.-323 A.D.
1 in. (10.1 grams, 23 mm).
Modelled in the round with naturalistic detailing, head raised.
Provenance‘The Ancient Menagerie Collection’ formerly the property of a Cambridgeshire lady, collected since the 1990s and acquired from auctions and dealers throughout Europe and the USA, now ex London collection.
LiteratureCf. Petrie, W.M.F., Glass Stamps and Weights. Ancient Weights and Measures. Illustrated by the Egyptian Collection in University College, London, London, 1974, pl.IX, for similar examples.
FootnotesThis may be a weight, since small bronze statuettes of various animals including frogs were used as counterbalances on scales.
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